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Exact solutions for a periodic assembly of bubbles in a Hele-Shaw channel

Fluid Dynamics 2014-04-10 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Pattern Formation and Solitons

Abstract

Exact solutions are reported for a periodic assembly of bubbles steadily co-travelling in a Hele-Shaw channel. The solutions are obtained as conformal mappings from a multiply connected circular domain in an auxiliary complex plane to the flow region in a period cell. The conformal mappings are constructed using the generalized Schwarz-Christoffel formula for multiply connected polygonal domains in terms of products of Schottky-Klein prime functions. It is shown that previous solutions for multiple steady bubbles in a Hele-Shaw cell are all particular cases of the solutions described herein. Examples of specific bubble configurations are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1404.2312,
  title  = {Exact solutions for a periodic assembly of bubbles in a Hele-Shaw channel},
  author = {Giovani L. Vasconcelos and Christopher C. Green},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.2312},
  year   = {2014}
}

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11 pages, 2 figures